E-on Software Ships Vue 9.5

VUE 9.5 ADDS MORE POWER TO YOUR DIGITAL NATURE

May 04, 2011. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, the leader in 3D
sky, light and nature technologies, announced today the immediate
availability of Vue 9.5 xStream and Infinite, its professional
solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D
environments.

New features of Vue 9.5

Vue xStream and Vue Infinite are the company's flagship
solutions for the creation of natural 3D environments. Vue Infinite
operates as a standalone application while Vue xStream works
seamlessly inside 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, LightWave and Cinema4D.
Specifically designed for graphics professionals, these products
combine a multitude of cutting edge features that easily integrate
into existing production pipelines.

Release 9.5 of Vue adds a number of important new features
including:

Interactive Texture Placement: a new texture
manipulation gizmo allows texture maps to be rotated and scaled
interactively, directly on the mesh. Users can now place and rotate
textures to any position, angle and scale and preview the result in
real-time. (Watch this feature in action on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yg7xB_VGys )

Fast Hybrid Depth of Field: Vue 9.5 features a
new hybrid 2.5D algorithm to allow depth of field (DOF) to be
rendered 4 times faster than traditional DOF methods.

Atmospheric Relighting: the Vue relighting
functionality was extended to allow adjustment of all ambient and
indirect lighting.

GPU Accelerated Anti-Aliasing: Vue will now
use the additional processing power of the GPU to accelerate the
anti-aliasing of thin polygon meshes.

MDD File Format: Vue 9.5 now supports the MDD
file format which allows morphed meshes to be captured as exact
geometry for each animation frame.

Improved EcoPainting: in 3ds Max and Cinema4D,
EcoSystem painting on native objects is now done through the entire
brush (instead of just the brush center). This results in much more
accurate control of the painted instances.

Custom Star Maps: custom "deep space" maps can
be loaded as an alternative to the standard Vue stars. Users can
even load images of distant constellations.

Many other improvements such as vector quantization node, frame
labeling, velocity pass in render buffer, composite layers for
matte shadow and reflection materials also added.

Pricing information:

Vue 9.5 is available free of charge for all users under
maintenance. Users of Vue 9 who are not under maintenance and wish
to advance to Vue 9.5 should purchase maintenance today - they will
receive Vue 9.5 and the Vue 10 upgrade free of charge.

Customers who purchased Vue 9 xStream or Infinite within 30 days
of the release of Vue 9.5 will automatically receive Vue 9.5 at no
cost as part of the Free 30 Day Maintenance included with all new
purchases.

Vue 9.5 xStream retails for $1,790 with one year maintenance
($1495 without maintenance). A one year standard maintenance plan
for xStream costs $395 (renewal: $295 only!).

Vue 9.5 Infinite retails for $1,090 with one year maintenance
($895 without maintenance). A one year standard maintenance plan
for Infinite costs $295 (renewal: $195 only!).

Upgrades from Vue 8.x xStream to Vue 9.5 xStream will be
available for $495. Upgrades from Vue 8.x Infinite to Vue 9.5
Infinite will be available for $395 (upgrades from Vue 7.x are also
available). Full pricing information is available at: www.e-onsoftware.com/pricelist.

Annual subscriptions for Educational licenses of Vue xStream and
Infinite are available respectively for $149/year/seat and
$99/year/seat. Upgrades to Vue 9.5 are free for owners of active
educational licenses of Vue 9.

Site licensing discounts are available, contact e-on software
for further details and pricing information.

Availability:

Vue 9.5 xStream and Vue 9.5 Infinite are available in English
for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and on Mac OSX 10.5+
(Mac Intel only), for both 32 and 64 bit.

E-on software is the leading developer of solutions for the
creation, animation, rendering and integration of natural 3D
environments. Offering a wide array of Digital Nature products and
applications, e-on software provides solutions adapted to every
project and budget. E-on software products are used worldwide by
the film, television, architecture, game, science, educational and
entertainment industries.

E-on software products were used in features film such as
"Avatar", "Clash of The Titans", "The Wolf Man", "2012", "The
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", "GI Joe – The Rise of The
Cobra", "The Proposal", "Land Of The Lost", "Terminator 4, "The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Indiana Jones 4", "Monster Vs
Aliens", "Australia", "The Spiderwick Chronicles", "KungFu Panda",
"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and TV series such as "Battlestar
Gallactica", "Stargate Atlantis" and more. Read more on these
stories in e-on software's Spotlights section: www.e-onsoftware.com/spotlight.

E-on software was founded on the premise that powerful graphics
tools should never get in the way of the designer's creativity. By
investing significant resources into research and development, e-on
software is able to deliver cutting-edge, user friendly
technologies that produce stunning Digital Nature scenery.

E-on software is based in Beaverton, Oregon with a European
office in Paris, France.